Politics
Trump’s midterm travel blitz far surpasses his predecessors’(The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump has held more than 30 events from Oct. 1 to Election Day as part of his “midterm blitz,” far… Read More
Courts
Black Baptist parents sue Maryland after state labels Christian beliefs ‘parental unfitness’(The Daily Signal) – Black Baptist parents in Maryland are suing local and state agencies after losing custody of their son in a transgender dispute. They say their… Read More
Government
Former Michelle Obama aide paid $686k as refugee nonprofit revenue drops 44%(The Center Square) – A former policy director for First Lady Michelle Obama was paid nearly $700,000 in total compensation last year despite revenue to the taxpayer-funded… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court to rule on ‘stealth’ race-based admissions in Maryland magnet school case(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court will hear another case on race-based admissions after previously curbing the practice in higher education. The high court on Monday announced… Read More
Public Education
State tests mask student achievement with 15 point ‘honesty gap,’ researchers find(The Daily Signal) – Elementary and secondary schools are approaching the middle of the first semester. Do you know how your child is doing? The answer is… Read More
Public Education
Seattle Public Schools greenlights weapons detectors under pilot program; some say SROs are neededA pilot program will bring weapons detectors to two Seattle Public Schools before the end of the year, as the community continues to grapple with recent area school shootings. Read More
Public Education
Unelected education leaders dominate list of highest-paid state officials in 2025, report says(The Center Square) – Some of the highest-paid state executives across the country in 2025 were unelected education officials, according to a new report. Ballotpedia curated a… Read More
Public Education
Maryland district wrestles with $3 billion maintenance backlog, blames data centers for pulling away workersMaryland’s largest school district is struggling to address years of deferred maintenance – amounting to $3 billion and growing each day, according to The Baltimore Banner. “Even if… Read More
Courts
Trump’s DOJ sues Maryland county over gun ban in churches(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday filed suit against Montgomery County, Maryland, over a law prohibiting carrying firearms within 100 yards of multiple locations,… Read More
Public Education
Trump admin cracking down on Maryland, Michigan school districts for secretly transitioning childrenThe Trump administration is taking action against two public school systems it says helped children adopt new gender identities at school while keeping their parents in the dark. Read More
Culture
The Founding colonies – RI, CT, NJ, DE, MD, Washington D.C. remind Americans where this nation began at The Great American State Fair(Editor’s note: A series on The Great American State Fair, held in Washington, D.C., in honor of America’s 250th birthday, written by Heartlander News interns.) As colonies… Read More
Politics
Democrats plot 11th-hour ‘gerrymandering’ effort to oust Maryland’s sole Republican Rep(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats may be trying to deny Maryland Republicans representation again in their latest redistricting effort. Maryland lawmakers announced plans for a special session… Read More
Courts
Bolton pleads guilty in classified information caseJohn Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became a critic of the president, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of retaining national security information. Read More
Politics
Lib mayor defends ‘violence intervention’ activists after yet another gets arrested(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said Monday that a taxpayer-funded “community violence intervention” activist’s arrest in a shooting does not mean that such programs… Read More
Culture
4 armed teens try to carjack Marine vet. It doesn’t end well for them(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Four would-be carjackers are in jail after allegedly targeting a Marine veteran in what police say was an attempted armed robbery, a Washington, D.C.,… Read More
Public Education
Maryland’s largest district mulls fewer staffing roles to address budget deficitMore than 400 positions across Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) could disappear under a proposal the state’s Board of Education will consider June 4. “The proposed cuts… Read More
Courts
Maryland decides it’s a great time to soften penalties amid youth crime crisis(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Maryland will now reduce penalties for many juvenile criminals despite the state reeling from disproportionately high youth crime. Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore… Read More
Courts
Already-convicted killer charged with shooting, carjacking rampage(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A man convicted of murder decades ago is now charged in a shooting and robbery spree in Maryland that injured two people, according to… Read More
Public Education
Baltimore’s schools battle 20% dropout rate, more than twice the state averageMore than 20% of Baltimore students are leaving high school before graduating, a new report discovered. “The Maryland State Department of Education says Baltimore City Public Schools has a 20.8%… Read More
Government
Maryland Democrats, unions want to repeal ban on teacher strikesThe Maryland General Assembly may repeal the state’s ban on teachers’ union strikes. House Bill 1492, sponsored by over 20 Democrats, would give public school… Read More